The Daily Alaska empire Newspaper, February 11, 1933, Page 1

THE DAILY “ALL THE NEWS ALL THE TIME” \Ol XLI., NO. 6261. jUNEAU ALASKA SATURDAY FEBRUARY I| 1933. ALASKA EMPIRE MEMBER OF ASSOCIATED P PRESS PRICE TEN CENTY _ SCORES KILLED OR INJURED, EXPLOSION PLANE BURSTS INTO F LAMES ]IN AlR ANOTHER GOLD WAVE MOVING OVER COUNTRY Middle West Section I Promised One More Wintry Swipe LOW TEMPEATURES PREVAIL OVER SUNDA Ninety Persons Already! Reported to Have Lost Lives | | i CHICAGO, Ill, Feb. 11.—A new cold wave is reported moving down the Middle West following a brief spite from sub-zero temperatures spread over the continent r in the w reau here warn- attack would ain parts. Michi- Wisconsin, Icwa and Min- but added there is hope ng temperatures tomorrow the great plain region of the upper Mississippi Valley. Elsewhere the ger o the Sabbath. The Pacific Northwest has snow share distributed over Se- nesot: of r over persons are known to| Lave lost their lives due to the cokl wave over the country so far. e ASSIGNMENT OF | ALASKA ISLAND PERMIT FOUGHT Bowman Seeks to Prevent, Roy Wheeler from As- signing Permit to Wife i | | SEATTLE, Feb. 11.—Judge John| Frater has set March 2, next, for the hearing of a suit brought byl Roy Wheeler, Amatignak Island foxl farmer, from assigning his United | States Biological Survey permit to ———— operate on that island to his wife, | Mrs. Ethel Wheeler. Wheeler is now suing his wife for a divorce on the grounds of incompatibility. Bowman contends that he agreed in 1930 to back the fur farm financially if would retain the permit, and de- clares the assignment to Mrs.| Wheeler registered in Juneau 15 illegal. Records of the Alaska office of | the Biological Survey here show | Wheeler obtained the permit inj 1930. He applied for permission to | assign it to Mrs. Wheeler last) August. On October 17, last year, his own permit was cancelled by the Biological Survey and one in its stead was issued for the same island to Mrs. Wheeler. The Wheeler's are well known here. He was master of the patrol| boat Seal, of the Alaska Game Commission, for some 18 months, | resigning in 19290 and going to, Amatignak Island, which is in tha| Aleutian ehain, shortly thereafter NEW YORK CITY COVERED WITH B INCHES, SNOW NEW YORK, Feb. 11. — The; streets and sidewalks of the grenb metropolis were hidden under more than eight inches of snow v,hu! morning. The fall was the heaviest | single one in eight years. | | | | dangerous !the son of a merchant in amber \Proclamation to World to Be Issued by Japan; Sharp Statement [ TOKYO, Feb. 11.—Japan is preparing to reply to the League of Nations's inquiry on discontinuance of the present Manchukuo re- gime. The reply, it is said, will be a proclamation to the world, in vigorous and unmistakable terms, that Japan is determined to main- tain the independence of Manchukuo regardless of cost. From Government sources it is also disclosed that Japan will proclaim in advance its refusal to be restrained or deflected from by the League of Nations’s recommendations. Rwh Glrl Stlll “F ree”’ [+ b [ cold is due to lin- # LOS ANGELES, Cal—Saying that Count Emanuel was a very nice.young man “but we are not engaged,” Barbara Hutton, shown above, world’s wealthiest unmarried girl, posed for this picture aboard the liner Lurline at Los Angeles, and sailed away for Australia. GERMAN BANKER FIVE RESCUED OF PROMINENCE BY TALLAPOOSA DIESIN BERLIN FROM ISLAND Carl Fuerstenbelg, Great Thxee Women and Two Men of McCord Party on C. G. Cutter Business Genius, Suc- cumbs to Pneumonia BERLIN, Feb. 11.—Carl Fuers- tenberg prominent German bank- er, is dead here following an at- tack of pneumonia. One of the pillars of the Ber- lin Stock Exchange, Carl Fuers- tenberg, was almost as well known| throughout Germany for his sar- castic wit as for his personal in- |tegrity and his business genius. His banking house, the Berliner Handeis Gesellschaft, owed 1tsvery |strong position to the skill with which he piloted it through the inflation period which wrecked many other financial houses after the World War. Born in Danzig, August 28, 1850, SEATTLE, Feb. Guard cutter to headquarters hefe were taken off last night. expedition. Those Rescued The women rescued are Miss Francis Meisel, latter being from Chicago. The men and Russell Phillips, attle. where McCord pairs to his supply vessel was damaged in an attempt reach the stranded party. . goods, young Fuerstenberg entered| is supervising a small local bank as junior clerk, and afterwards, still in his twen- tics earned his managerial spurs 1‘ such leading Berlin houses as) the Disconito Gesselschaft and 8./ | Bleichroeder. |Lost Searching Achieves Fame By concentrafing his operations | P"”" Is upon the domestic market, he Fmall_y Located achieved both fame and fortune.! Forthcoming | | | 11.—The Coas’ Tallapoosa reported that three women and two men stranded on Chirikof Island, and short of food, The rescued party are members of the Jack McCord gold mining Mrs. McCord, Miss Hilda Green and both of the are Edward Barker both of Se- The five will be taken to Kodiak re- which to |Up to the age of 78 he was an active partner in the Berliner handeis Gesellschaft, which he had' joined 45 years previously, and he remained afterwards on the board lof directors as successor to the/ late privy counselor Felix Deutsch. | 'With the ex-Kaiser, Fuerstenberg | l[szood in high favor, but he re- ‘ (Continued on Page Seven) Repeal Qneshon Is Defeated in Washington OLYMPIA, Wash, Feb. 11— Without a debate the State Senate yesterday defeated a memorial ask- ing Congress to refer the repeal question to the States, |Ten persons aboard the fishing | schooner Saugatuck, who set ou! wright 1%, North American ° in search of a missing youth last Fox Films, no sale; General | Wednesday night, only to be sought ors 13%, | themselves as lost, were found safe 19} | at anchor off Middle Ground Light 2 | last night. Edward Connolly, youth, also returned safely. BRIDGEPORT, Conn., Feb. 11.— the missing Steel 28%, Westinghouse E NINE ABOARD BLAZING SHIP LANDED SAFELY IN CALIFORNIA Pllot Bellandl rings Craft i Down to Earth in Nick of Time Saving Lives Crew, Passengers BAKERSFIELD, Cal., Feb. 11.—High in the air, a short distance north of here, a tri-} | motored plane of the Trans-| lconllmmtal Western, piloted | ;by Eddie Bellandi, burst into; | flames last night. | Seven passengers and a ¢o- pilot, were aboard, besides | Bellandi. | Pilot Bellandi kept his head,‘ iknowing that an attempted ldndmg in the outskirts here ans fraught with danger. HEADS FOR AIRPORT Pilot Bellandi headed for}, 'the Kern County Airport and | within a few minutes set the | plane down. Pilots assisted the passeng- ‘ers from the burning ship:! Only one woman was slightly | burned. [ { shows some of Hitler's famous nazi storm troops. A few minutes after the plane had been brought down and those aboard safely out, the plane burst into a roaring inferno and was quickly de- stroyed. | —pl STOCK PRICES SENT UPWARD ° BY 0DD TWIST Short Covermgs on Tobac- | cos Starts Flurry at Short Session DIMOND LEAVES KETCHIKAN FOR - DELEGATE POST elegat eElect Finishes Tour of Territory—To Go East Shortly Anthony J. Dimond, Delegate- Elect to Congress, yesterday finish- his precedent-breaking, post- from Ketchikan for \‘\'ashingwn via Seattle and San| Francisco. He will spend a day or two in each of those citles, NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—Short COV-|3nq after being joined by Mrs. ering in recently depressed tobaccO pimond and their three children issues gave an upward twist to th° i, gan Francisco will proceed di- market at the apathetic week-end rectly to te National Capitol, tak- and a number of issues Went UP ing office there on March 4. from fractions to more than 4| Mr Dimond will be met in San) point at today’s short session. neisco by John W. Troy, of The market closed a little higher this city, who probably will ac- levery day this week with the ex- company him to Washington to ception of Friday and the action|remain until after the inaugura- is clearly making the bears uneasy. tion of President Roosevelt. Price Announcement Since the first week in January, Short covering came to tobaccos the Delegate-Elect has traveled as the bears, who sold, anticipated |thousands of miles by airplane, today's announcement that Ame can Tobacco had cut the price 0 cigarettes. Coco Cola gained nearly thr points. Some " activity cropped out gold issues today, Homestake galil- ing three points. Rails Effected Rails settled back somewhat v traders learned that the Ne ! Transportation Committee p! to make a report public next we Losses for these shares were, how- ever, fractional. American Telephone and T graph was firm. Allied Chen gained one point. Loews, RKO, United States Steel| |and Dupont gained fractionall Oils generally stiffened. sailed *trip ever taken by any of his pre-| decessors in office—a visit to his | constituents after he had already |received their votes. He visited |almost every important town inthe Territory, met the citizens gener- ally and heard from them the things they desired of him and the incoming Democratic Adminis- he went, friends and sup- | possessed |¢ion everywhere . |lo the number porters he already large numbers. Prior to leaving Kefchikan yes- terday, Mr. Dimond said he was amazed that legislation with depreciated currencies of for-| of by Congress. He strongly favored something of that sort to help| the canning industry of the Ter- CLOSING PRICES TODAY ritory. NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—Clo |quotation of Alaska Juneau m stock today is 12%, American € |25%, American Power and L 6%, Anaconda 7%, Bethlehem St 14%, Calumet and Hecla 2, Cu MILLERTO | LEAVER.F.C, r) ‘WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 ‘Charles ;) Miller today said he plans to give 'up the Presidency of the Recon- struction Finance Corporation with' c|the advent of the Roosevell Ad- ministration. International Harv Kennecott 9, Packard M 4, Safeway Stores 35%, S lard Brands 15%, United S '21%, clection tour of the Territory when | rail and boat in the most unique | !{tration. He made a fine impres—’ adding | Astor, owner of the yacht, radioed | pieasure dealing | T 0 M arc h On Olympia. Next Month/ ;Flf[y Thousand Per sons| Slated to Go to Wash- ington’s Capital OLYMPIA, Wash., Feb. 11.—Rep- resentative Miller, of King County, declared in the House, after an indefinite postponement of a bill which would repeal all State laws relating to criminal syndicalism, | anarchy and sabotage, that “it is no secret that 50,000 persons will march on Olympia on March 1.” Miller said Communists wanted but others do not want that, but the parade will be held just the same. RODSEVELT IS ENJOYING HIS FISHING TRIP ILets “Big One” Get Away —Cox May Be in Of- ficial Family i MIAMI, Florida, Feb. 11.—The |first real fish story of President- came in last night when Vincent that Roosevelt had a big day yes-| in|terday catching several small sail |sent “lost one as big as a| | fish but | whale.” | James M. Cox, of Ohio, Presi- dential nominee in 1920, looms as a possible member of the Roose- eign countries had not been passed |velt official family. His name has| been mentioned as a possible Sec- retary of War or Ambassador to {Lontion or Paris. \ EI}EMENT LOCKS . JAW OF BABY SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11.—May Alice Larsen, twenty-two months lold and curious, gave herself lock- ‘}aw Finding a tube of sweet- tasting fluid she devoured the con- .tents. It was rubber cement. A trip to the hospital fixed her up. to head the parade with banners | Elect Roosevelt’s yaching cruise| ADOLF HITLER SWlNGS lNTO POWER IN GERMANY Adolf Hitler (center), picturesque leader of the German fascists, is the new chancelloi of Germany In granting the fiery nazi chief the long sought place at the head of the government, President von Hindenburg surrounded him with a compromise cabinet of conservatives like Konstantin von Neurath (left), who remains foreign minister; Franz von Papen, (second from left), former chancellor and eon- fidant of the president, and Alfred Hugenberg (right), the nationalist chief. Herman Goering (second from right), one of Hitler’s chief lieutenants, was made a minister without portfolio. Picture abova (Associated Press Photos) ALASKANS ONLY| FOR JOBS HERE |Local Igloo Adopts Reso-| lution Urging Only Al- askans for Local Jobs | Democrats There are plenty of appointive Federal offices, and on- |1y Alaskans should be put in them, in the opinion of the” mémbers of Igloo No. 6, Pioneers of Alaska of this city. | pressed themselves last a resolution to that effect, 10:1 by an enthusiastic vote. The resolution was presented by Alfred Lundstrom, who declared that Alaskans in general have un- | bounded faith in President-Elect Roosevelt and the new National Congress, and that a better day is in store for the Territory and the country as a whole under the| |“rew deal” promised by the Demo- | cratic leader. Local Appointees Needed “Filling Federal offices in aska with bona fide Alaskans will important contribution to- wards realizalion of the ideals of Alaska,” said Mr. Lundstrom {establish a precedent well worthy |of emulation by succeeding admin- istrations.” night in adopt- | | commended or his fellow Pioneers, all of whom are interested in a fuller of local self-government. Copies of the resolution will be to Delegate-Elect A. J. Di- nmml for presentation to Presi- {cent Roosevelt after March 4, and to National Chairman James J. was warmly work by (Cohfinneg “on Page Seven) |BRADFORDS PASSING THROUGH JUNEAU ON ZAPORA ON MONDAY| Z. M. Bradford‘ former resident of Juneau, accompanied by Mrs ~ PIONEERS URGE in Alaska well qualified to fill all} Aud they so ex-| Al-| “and | As author of the resolution, he! B HUGE GAS TANK BURSTS; FLAMES SPREAD DEATH |Estimated Dej in Disaster Placed Between One and Two Hundred THREE HUNDRED PERSONS INJURED Over One Thousand Others Slightly Injured in German Valley NE UNKIR CHEN, Saar Valley, Feb. 11.—Blind to the dangers of tottering walls, rescue workers dug in the {debris of a wide area of this industrial city today and are istill finding bodies of per- i sons killed or maimed in yes- terday afternoon’s huge gas tank explosion. Authorities computed the casualties as follows: Known dead—40. Estimated dead — 100 to 200. Seriously injured — nearly 300. Slightly injured—about 1,- 200. Police, doctors and nurses joined the grief stricken relatives and Iworked feverishly throughout the |night. Presh crews of workers took the place of the night workers at |the break of day and continued | searching the ruins. Terrific Explosion The disaster was caused by the terrific explosion of a gas tank at the iron works in this rich iron land coal region now governed under the League of Nations which will go either to Germany or France after the plebescite two years hence. Trapped; Killed Many persons were trapped and killed on a crowded street car which was passing the works at_the {time of the explosion. Fire immediately broke out fol« lowing the explosion and the work of destruction spread which was finally controlled early this morn- ing. | Felt Over Wide Area The blast was felt throughout the entire upper Rhine Valley from Cologne to the Swiss border. Hardly a pane of glass remains intact in an area of 10 miles. hree or four smaller blasts fol- lowed the first one then a gas |reservoir burst into flames. Many women and children are among the injured. Hospitals Filled Every hospital in the city and nearly area is filled today to ca- | pacity. | The force of the explosion hurled | bodies across the streets. The cause of the explosion and amage is not immediately known. The city has a population of 40,000. | | | ) d — JOHN D. RYAN PASSES AWAY NEW YORK, Feb. 11.—John D. Ryan, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company, died today as {the result of heart disease. Mr. Ryan was prominent in the pper industry. He was second tant Secretary in the War De- | partment, Army Air Service, dur- ing the World War. Ten days fter the armistice was signed he | |eo | A Bradford and the two boys, will be |résigned and returned to the pro- |aboard the motorship Zapora due duction and distribution of copper. here Monday morning. Mr. Brad-| ST ford has been agent for the Stand-| ST- ANN'S PATIENT RECOVERS ard Oil Company at Craig for the FROM ILLNESS; GOES HOME past two years and was recently transferred to the agency at Wran- gell. They will femain aboard the Zapora which calls southbound at Wrangell, P. Lucy, who has been a patient |at St. Ann's Hospital for the last ten days, has recovered and re- lu.med to his home,